lakeland dairies packing milk in stickpacksthe irish dairy cooperative lakeland dairies produces stickpacks for uht milk using machinery manufactured by ima hassia. the technological leader in ffa processes for stickpacks delivers its third sasseries forming, filling and sealing machine to ireland shortly.ranstadt, june 17, 2015. the market for stickpacks continues to grow rapidly. they are extremely easy for consumers to handle and manufacturers benefit from lower material costs. compared to conventional cups, they can reduce a producer&rsquos packaging needs by up to 50 percent. this has a positive influence on storage capacity, transport volumes, and the occurrence of waste, as well.these are the reasons that ireland&39s secondlargest dairy cooperative is also increasingly turning to this consumerfriendly packaging. lakeland dairies has already had its second aseptic stickpack ffs machine manufactured by ima hassia for packaging ultrahigh temperature uht milk installed to its production site in killeshandra. the machines run in threeshift operation with 12 lanes and produce 43,000 stickpacks per hour, each. a further aseptic stickpack machine has been orders just now.the machine sterilizes the flat foil on all sides using active packaging degermination germs eradicated >log 5 and feeds it into the sterile area. a cutter then notches the foil in strips through to the seal layer. the packaging is subsequently formed into duplex stickpacks under sterile conditions using a special forming shoulder and then sealed on three sides. lastly the stickpacks are filled with uht milk, also in the sterile area, using dosing equipment specific to the product.about ima hassiahassia verpackungsmaschinen gmbh with its principal place of business in ranstadt hesse, germany is a globally operating company in the oystar group. the company develops and designs highquality forming, filling and sealing machines ffs, including aseptic packaging for prolonged shelf life and stick packs for pasty products. the company&rsquos portfolio focuses on applications for the dairy and food industry.about ima dairy & foodima dairy & food formerly oystar group is part of italian i.m.a. industria macchine automatiche s.p.a. the company is one of the world&rsquos leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services and has extensive knowhow in the key industries of dairy products and food. based in stutensee near karlsruhe, germany, the holding company currently represents 7 production locations in europe and asia as well as numerous sales and service companies. ima dairy & food employs a workforce of more than 950 worldwide.
